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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)South Korea Hwang Sun-Hong (7 goals)
Best player(s)South Korea Kim Joo-sung[1]
1986
1994

The Asian Football Confederation was allocated two assured qualifying berths for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. 26 teams were in the running for these spots; Bahrain, India, Maldives and South Yemen withdrew without playing a qualifying match.

Asia's two automatic qualifying berths were taken by Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates.

Format

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  • First round: The Maldives withdrew before the final draw, leaving 25 teams to be divided into 6 groups of 4 or 5 teams each. Nepal was moved from Group 5 to Group 4 after India's withdrawal. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis, except in Group 4, where the teams played against each other twice in South Korea and Singapore. The group winners would advance to the final round.
  • Final round: The 6 teams played against each other once over a 16-day period based in Singapore. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.

First round

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Group 1

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  QAT  IRQ  JOR  OMA
 Qatar 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 9 1 – 0 1 – 0 3 – 0
 Iraq 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 8 2 – 2 4 – 0 3 – 1
 Jordan 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 5 1 – 1 0 – 1 2 – 0
 Oman 6 0 2 4 2 11 −9 2 0 – 0 1 – 1 0 – 2
Source: [citation needed]

Qatar advanced to the final round.

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  KSA  SYR  NYE  BHR
 Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 7 4 +3 7 5 – 4 1 – 0 X – X
 Syria 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 5 0 – 0 2 – 0 X – X
 North Yemen 4 0 0 4 0 5 −5 0 0 – 1 0 – 1 X – X
 Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X – X X – X X – X
Source: [citation needed]

Saudi Arabia advanced to the final round.

Group 3

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  UAE  KUW  PAK  SYE
 United Arab Emirates 4 3 0 1 12 4 +8 6 1 – 0 5 – 0 X – X
 Kuwait 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 6 3 – 2 2 – 0 X – X
 Pakistan 4 0 0 4 1 12 −11 0 1 – 4 0 – 1 X – X
 South Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X – X X – X X – X
Source: [citation needed]

United Arab Emirates advanced to the final round.

Group 4

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  KOR  MAS  SIN    NEP  IND
 South Korea 6 6 0 0 25 0 +25 12 3 – 0 3 – 0 9 – 0 X – X
 Malaysia 6 3 1 2 8 8 0 7 0 – 3 1 – 0 3 – 0 X – X
 Singapore 6 2 1 3 12 9 +3 5 0 – 3 2 – 2 7 – 0 X – X
   Nepal 6 0 0 6 0 28 −28 0 0 – 4 0 – 2 0 – 3 X – X
 India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X – X X – X X – X X – X
Source: [citation needed]

Korea Republic advanced to the final round.

Group 5

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  CHN  IRN  BAN  THA
 China 6 5 0 1 13 3 +10 10 2 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 0
 Iran 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 10 3 – 2 1 – 0 3 – 0
 Bangladesh 6 1 0 5 4 9 −5 2 0 – 2 1 – 2 3 – 1
 Thailand 6 1 0 5 2 14 −12 2 0 – 3 0 – 3 1 – 0
Source: [citation needed]

China advanced to the final round.

Group 6

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  PRK  JPN  IDN  HKG
 North Korea 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 9 2 – 0 2 – 1 4 – 1
 Japan 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 7 2 – 1 5 – 0 0 – 0
 Indonesia 6 1 3 2 5 10 −5 5 0 – 0 0 – 0 3 – 2
 Hong Kong 6 0 3 3 5 10 −5 3 1 – 2 0 – 0 1 – 1
Source: [citation needed]

Korea DPR advanced to the final round.

Final round

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Standings

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 5 3 2 0 5 1 +4 8
 United Arab Emirates 5 1 4 0 4 3 +1 6
 Qatar 5 1 3 1 4 5 −1 5
China China 5 2 0 3 5 6 −1 4
 Saudi Arabia 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 4
 North Korea 5 1 1 3 2 4 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]

Korea Republic and the United Arab Emirates qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Results

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China 2–1 Saudi Arabia
Mai Chao 63' (pen.), 70' (Report) Al-Bishi 24' (pen.)

South Korea 0–0 Qatar

Qatar 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Muftah 87' (Report) Al-Suwaiti 4'


North Korea 2–0 Qatar
Kim Pung-Il 23'
Ghu Gyong-Sik 32'


China 1–0 North Korea
Xie Yuxin 67'


Qatar 2–1 China
Al-Soufi 87'
Muftah 87'
Ma Lin 76'

Qualified teams

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The following two teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 South Korea Final round winners 25 October 1989 2 (1954, 1986)
 United Arab Emirates Final round runners-up 28 October 1989 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes

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  1. ^ 최우수선수에 金주성. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 30 October 1989. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
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